physorg.com— A mysterious planet-like object orbiting a not-quite-starlike 'brown dwarf' is the most recent enigma discovered by astronomers with their ever-more powerful telescopes.
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Brown Dwarfs are interesting... They're *almost* stars, with not enough mass to fuse hydrogen (one proton in its nucleus) but enough to fuse deuterium ("heavy hydrogen" with one proton and one neutron in its nucleus). They don't really shine but are very warm. This sounds like a failed binary system. I'm sure there are gaseous systems out there with two super-Jupiters orbiting each other with no star at all. I'm not sure those are planets either.
Very interesting, but like many other space anomalies we have no idea what the f**k it is. I can't wait until we can fly to that s**t and observe it first hand. Where is a stargate when you need one...
alexhouseApr 7, 2010
The only reason I read that entire, fairly boring article was because I first thought it said "plant-like."
caughtthinkingApr 7, 2010
Unicron!
Closed AccountApr 7, 2010
I've gotta go drop a "brown dwarf" right now.
darkspartanApr 7, 2010
It's a Big Dumb Object.
trevorbradleyApr 7, 2010
Defy definition at least. Explanation is often easier.
trevorbradleyApr 7, 2010
Brown Dwarfs are interesting... They're *almost* stars, with not enough mass to fuse hydrogen (one proton in its nucleus) but enough to fuse deuterium ("heavy hydrogen" with one proton and one neutron in its nucleus). They don't really shine but are very warm. This sounds like a failed binary system. I'm sure there are gaseous systems out there with two super-Jupiters orbiting each other with no star at all. I'm not sure those are planets either.
parrappaApr 7, 2010
Very interesting, but like many other space anomalies we have no idea what the f**k it is. I can't wait until we can fly to that s**t and observe it first hand. Where is a stargate when you need one...
spiralspiritApr 8, 2010
sounds pretty chancy. There has to be hundreds of assumptions involved.
Closed AccountApr 8, 2010
The aliens are back to probe my anus again?! They were just here!
rutgerbApr 10, 2010
Technically lifeforms on a gas giant would be smaller due to the higher gravity